Centre for Development Research | Sara Kaweesa Agricultural sustainability in Uganda CASE STUDY ON CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE Dip. Ing SARA HELEN KAWEESA CDR - CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES, AUSTRIA 26th Conference of the Working Group Sustainability / Soil Protection of the Working Community of the Danube Regions April 08-09, 2019
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Centre for Development Research | Sara Kaweesa
Agricultural sustainability in Uganda CASE STUDY ON CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
Dip. Ing SARA HELEN KAWEESA
CDR - CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES, AUSTRIA
26th Conference of the Working Group Sustainability / Soil Protection
CC vulnerability E.g. rainfall variability, long dry
spells, droughts & floods (Ssentongo et al. 2018)
high levels of inequality & poverty E.g. 44%,c.f
19.7% (UBOS, 2016; NPA, 2015)
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Fig. 2: Map of Uganda showing Northern Uganda
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Some Results
0%
50%
100%
Object ofAdoption (CA) Farm
&householdcharacteristics/c
onstraintsCapacity of
implementingInstitution
Attributes ofdissemination
strategyPolitical/Institutio
nal frameworkPolitical/Institutio
nal framework
CA products &inputs market
conditions
Perception ofcommunitytowards CA
Knowledge ofCA role on CC &
other benefits
Relative Likelihood of CA-Adoption
Photo of CA field showing two CA practices
CA women farmers
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Results
>70% used own savings to finance their farming activities
>80% invested >US$50 per season for seeds or hiring labour
Nearly all relied on village loans & saving schemes as the main financial institution
10
32%
25%
26%
9%
3%1%
4%
Fig. 8: Financial investment made on CA
fields
< 10 >10–20 > 20–50
>50–100 >100–200 >200–<490
Amount of money in US$󠆜
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Proposal
Possible Activities
Genuine and affordable agricultural inputs
Boost Village Savings and Loans Association
(VSLA) Scheme for micro-credit access
Appropriate machinery for the soil , women
& youth
More knowledge, information,
understanding of appropriate farming
practices, extension services & smart
technologies
Partnerships that take advantage of
technologies and eventually scale up led by the
farmer groups
a- d; seederse; 2WT ripper
e
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References
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Coyne, M. S. (2017). Conservation farming and changing climate: More beneficial
than conventional methods for degraded Ugandan soils. Sustainability (Switzerland),
9(7), 1–14. http://doi.org/10.3390/su9071084
• Sebuwufu, G.; Mazur, R.; Westgate, M.; Ugen, M. Improving the Yield and Quality of Common Beans in Uganda. Available online: www.soc.iastate.edu/staff/.../CRSP (accessed on 9 September 2014).